Population Ecology Unit Summary Brief Overview of Enhancements: When enhancement occurs in the Unit: Part 2 of Investigation 5 (Finding the Energy); "Food-Producer Experiment; follows "Energy in Food" subunit. (In Part 1, students learn that the only way organisms get energy is from food). After the Food-Producer Experiment and CER, students review the process of photosynthesis.
Lesson #
Lesson Name
WA Science
Standard(s)
Modification/Notes
Duration
(55min)
1
Milkweed Bugs
INQC
Optional
3
2
Sorting Out Life
LS2A
No changes
(Planet Earth videos may be substituted for Among the Chimpanzees)
Brief Overview of Enhancements: When enhancement occurs in the Unit: Part 2 of Investigation 5 (Finding the Energy); "Food-Producer Experiment; follows "Energy in Food" subunit. (In Part 1, students learn that the only way organisms get energy is from food). After the Food-Producer Experiment and CER, students review the process of photosynthesis.
Standard(s)
(55min)
(Planet Earth videos may be substituted for Among the Chimpanzees)
(energy)
LS2C, LS2B
Part 2 replaced with Finding the Energy Enhancement
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Part 3: No changes
Part 4 replaced with Trophic Levels Enhancement
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